1954 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Championship details | |
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Dates | 11 April - 5 September 1954 |
Teams | 14 |
All-Ireland champions | |
Winning team | Cork (19th win) |
Captain | Christy Ring |
All-Ireland Finalists | |
Losing team | Wexford |
Captain | Padge Kehoe |
Provincial champions | |
Munster | Cork |
Leinster | Wexford |
Ulster | Not Played |
Connacht | Not Played |
Championship statistics | |
No. matches played | 14 |
Goals total | 87 (6.2 per game) |
Points total | 183 (13.0 per game) |
Top Scorer | Nicky Rackard (12-19) |
All-Star Team | See here |
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The 1954 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 68th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The championship began on 11 April 1954 and ended on 5 September 1954.
Cork were the defending champions and retained their title following a 1-9 to 1-6 victory over Wexford in the final.[1]
Contents
Teams
A total of fourteen teams contested the championship, an increase of one on the previous championship. Antrim, who last participated at this level in 1949, re-entered the championship in spite of facing no competition in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship.
Team summaries
Team | Colours | Most recent success | ||
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All-Ireland | Provincial | League | ||
Antrim | Saffron and white | 1946 | ||
Clare | Saffron and blue | 1914 | 1932 | 1945-46 |
Cork | Red and white | 1953 | 1953 | 1952-53 |
Dublin | Blue and navy | 1938 | 1952 | 1938-39 |
Galway | Maroon and white | 1923 | 1950-51 | |
Kilkenny | Black and amber | 1947 | 1953 | 1932-33 |
Laois | Blue and white | 1915 | 1949 | |
Limerick | Green and white | 1940 | 1940 | 1946-47 |
Meath | Green and gold | |||
Offaly | Green, white and gold | |||
Tipperary | Blue and gold | 1951 | 1951 | 1953-54 |
Waterford | White and blue | 1948 | 1948 | |
Westmeath | Maroon and white | |||
Wexford | Purple and gold | 1910 | 1951 |
Results
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship
11 April First round | Offaly | 6-8 - 1-3 | Westmeath | O'Connor Park |
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11 April First round | Laois | 1-9 - 1-10 | Meath | O'Moore Park |
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Attendance: P Connell Referee: P Connell |
2 May Quarter-final | Meath | Postponed | Offaly | O'Moore Park |
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9 May Quarter-final refixture | Meath | 2-8 - 3-5 | Offaly | Nowlan Park |
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Referee: J Mulcahy |
30 May Quarter-final replay | Meath | 3-6 - 3-4 | Offaly | O'Moore Park |
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Referee: J Howard |
6 June Semi-final | Wexford | 5-11 - 0-7 | Kilkenny | Croke Park |
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Attendance: 17,785 Referee: P Connell |
20 June Semi-final | Dublin | 3-8 - 2-4 | Meath | Croke Park |
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Referee: J Mulcahy |
18 July Final | Wexford | 8-5 - 1-4 | Dublin | Nowlan Park |
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N. Rackard (5-4), Kehoe (1-0), Flood (1-0), O'Donovan (1-0), Hearne (0-1). | Shanahan (1-0), Herbert (0-2), Allen (0-1), Daly (0-1). | Attendance: 28,592 |
First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Leinster final | |||||||||||||||
Wexford | 5-11 | |||||||||||||||||
Kilkenny | 0-7 | |||||||||||||||||
Wexford | 8-5 | |||||||||||||||||
Meath | 1-10 | Dublin | 1-4 | |||||||||||||||
Laois | 1-9 | Meath (R) |
2-8 3-6 |
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Offaly | 6-8 | Offaly (R) |
3-5 3-4 |
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Westmeath | 1-3 | Dublin | 3-8 | |||||||||||||||
Meath | 2-4 | |||||||||||||||||
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
13 June Quarter-final | Waterford | 4-3 - 0-1 | Limerick | Thurles Sportsfield |
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Attendance: 14,000 Referee: C Conway |
20 June Semi-final | Tipperary | 5-6 - 3-3 | Clare | Gaelic Grounds |
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Attendance: 15,000 Referee: W O'Donoghue |
27 June Semi-final | Cork | 7-8 - 4-5 | Waterford | Thurles Sportsfield |
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Attendance: 19,883 Referee: W O'Donoghue |
18 July Final | Cork | 2-8 - 1-8 | Tipperary | Gaelic Grounds |
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Ring (1-5), Barry (1-0), Clifford (0-3). | P Kenny (0-5), Seymour (1-0), Bannon (0-1), Ryan (0-1), Hough (0-1). | Attendance: 50,071 Referee: W O'Donoghue |
Quarter-final | Semi-finals | Munster final | |||||||||||
Tipperary | 5-6 | ||||||||||||
Clare | 3-3 | ||||||||||||
Tipperary | 1-8 | ||||||||||||
Cork | 2-8 | ||||||||||||
Cork | 7-8 | ||||||||||||
Limerick | 0-1 | Waterford | 4-5 | ||||||||||
Waterford | 4-3 | ||||||||||||
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
8 August Semi-final | Wexford | 12-17 - 2-3 | Antrim | Croke Park |
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N Rackard (7-7), Padge Kehoe (1-3), Flood (3-0), Paddy Kehoe (1-2), O'Donovan (0-2), Morrissey (0-2), Hearne (0-1). | McManus (1-0), Mulholland (1-0), McDonald (0-2), Lynn (0-1). | Attendance: 35,744 Referee: J Langton |
8 August Semi-final | Cork | 4-13 - 2-1 | Galway | Croke Park |
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Daly (1-3), Hartnett (1-2), Goulding (1-1), Ring (0-4), Clifford (1-0), Barry (0-1), Murphy (0-1), Moore (0-1). | McInerney (1-0), Monahan (1-0), Duggan (0-1). | Attendance: 35,744 Referee: J Mulcahy |
5 September Final | Cork | 1-9 - 1-6 | Wexford | Croke Park |
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C Ring (0-5), J Clifford (1-0), É Goulding (0-1), WJ Daly (0-1), V Twomey (0-1), J Hartnett (0-1). | T Ryan (1-0), N Rackard (0-3), T Flood, (0-2), P Kehoe (0-1). | Attendance: 84,856 Referee: J. Mulcahy |
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Championship statistics
Scoring
- Widest winning margin: 44 points
- Most goals in a match: 14
- Most points in a match: 20
- Most goals by one team in a match: 12
- Most goals scored by a losing team: 4
- Most points scored by a losing team: 9
Miscellaneous
- Meath qualified for the Leinster semi-finals for the first time in the history of the championship.
- Antrim took part in the All-Ireland semi-finals for the first time since 1949. It was their last game at this stage of the championship until re-entering the championship in 1984.
- Wexford's Nicky Rackard scores 7-7 in their All-Ireland semi-final meeting with Antrim. It is believed to be a record score for an All-Ireland semi-final.
- Cork's Christy Ring wins a record-breaking eighth All-Ireland medal as Cork claim a third successive championship for the third time in their history.
Player facts
Debutantes
The following players made their début in the 1954 championship:
Player | Team | Date | Opposition | Game |
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Peter Darby | Meath | April 11 | Laois | Leinster first round |
Mick Cashman | Cork | June 27 | Waterford | Munster semi-final |
Johnny Clifford | Cork | June 27 | Waterford | Munster semi-final |
Éamonn Goulding | Cork | June 27 | Waterford | Munster semi-final |
Retirees
The following players played their last game in the 1954 championship:
Player | Team | Last Game | Date | Opposition | Début |
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Tom O'Sullivan | Cork | Munster final | July 18 | Tipperary | 1953 |
Sources
- Corry, Eoghan, The GAA Book of Lists (Hodder Headline Ireland, 2005).
- Donegan, Des, The Complete Handbook of Gaelic Games (DBA Publications Limited, 2005).
- Horgan, Tim, Christy Ring: Hurling's Greatest (The Collins Press, 2007).
- Nolan, Pat, Flashbacks: A Half Century of Cork Hurling (The Collins Press, 2000).
- Sweeney, Éamonn, Munster HUrling Legends (The O'Brien Press, 2002).
References
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